SOCCER PLAYER

Alan Shearer

1970 - Today

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Alan Shearer CBE DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he is the league's record goalscorer with 260 goals. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Shearer has received more than 10,665,559 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Shearer is the 477th most popular soccer player (down from 443rd in 2019), the 1,246th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,356th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alan Shearer ranks 477 out of 21,273. Before him are Shunichi Kumai, Hirokazu Ninomiya, Héctor Yazalde, Frank Lampard, Teiichi Matsumaru, and Rudi Garcia. After him are Nicolas Anelka, Mark van Bommel, Ferenc Deák, Fernando Redondo, Everaldo, and Agne Simonsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Alan Shearer ranks 29. Before him are Naomi Campbell, Halit Ergenç, Claudia Schiffer, Simon Pegg, Emmanuel Petit, and Fred Durst. After him are Marco Pantani, Erik ten Hag, Lee Byung-hun, Frank de Boer, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Tonya Harding.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Shearer ranks 1,246 out of 8,785. Before him are Ebenezer Howard (1850), Anthony Daniels (1946), Gildas (500), Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), and Frank Lampard (1978). After him are Michael Scot (1175), Thomas Reid (1710), Martin Lowry (1874), Mike Hailwood (1940), Charles Rolls (1877), and Robert Adam (1728).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alan Shearer ranks 24. Before him are Bob Paisley (1919), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Ally McCoist (1962), John Toshack (1949), and Frank Lampard (1978). After him are Gareth Bale (1989), Jack Charlton (1935), Paul Scholes (1974), Geoff Hurst (1941), Jimmy Greaves (1940), and Paul Gascoigne (1967).

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